New batting helmets?

[KingNothing13]

Anybody know the story with the 2-toned batting helmets the Mets are wearing in camp this year? :eek:

http://espn-i.starwave.com/media/apphoto/26bb4517-b480-4c99-8cdf-1fc2eb0b0485.jpg

http://espn-i.starwave.com/media/apphoto/12f97ee9-6d23-4b44-8cf8-5dd41171b60b.jpg

http://www.newsday.com/media/photo/2006-02/22079491.jpg

Not pretty. In my opinion.

[metsfan28]

actually looks pretty cool

[E.Banks#14]

The Cubs are wearing similar style helmets as well this spring.
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[metsfan28]

maybe all the teams are changing there helmets

[VIBaseball]

These helmets aren't bad, and I'm old-fashioned about this stuff.

I can even live with those blue-and-black uniform tops -- they're certainly an improvement over the all-orange horrors I remember from spring trainings past.

Now if there was only a way to get rid of the all-black tops in the regular season...

[Yankeebiscuitfan]

They look good.

Batting helmets haven't changed for 30 years, maybe more. So maybe it is time for a change. The whole design of the helmet is different.

In Europe, amateur teams play with helmets like these for a couple of years now. So actually the design is not completely new.

But again, they look good.

[KingNothing13]

Its not the vents on the side that bother me. They were used in the all-star game last season.

It is the two-toned mesh of black and blue that they are using. On the new vented helmet and the old helmet.

[Atlanta Braves Freak]

What's the rave about these things, do they provide a cool air flow to the head? What's wrong with the traditional ones?